dar version 2.5.11, Copyright (C) 2002-2052 Denis Corbin Long options support : YES Using libdar 5.11.0 built with compilation time options: Libz compression (gzip) : YES Libbz2 compression (bzip2) : YES Liblzo2 compression (lzo) : YES Liblzma compression (xz) : NO Strong encryption (libgcrypt): YES Public key ciphers (gpgme) : YES Extended Attributes support : YES Large files support (> 2GB) : YES ext2fs NODUMP flag support : YES Special allocation scheme : NO Integer size used : 64 bits Thread safe support : YES Furtive read mode support : YES Linux ext2/3/4 FSA support : YES Mac OS X HFS+ FSA support : NO Detected system/CPU endian : little Posix fadvise support : YES Large dir. speed optimi. : YES Timestamp read accuracy : 1 microsecond Timestamp write accuracy : 1 microsecond Restores dates of symlinks : YES compiled the Jun 25 2017 with GNUC version 6.3.0 20170618 dar is part of the Disk ARchive suite (Release 2.5.11) dar comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `dar -W'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `dar -L | more' for details.

usage: dar [ -c | -x | -d | -t | -l | -C | -+ ] [<path>/]<basename> [options...] dar -h dar -V Commands are: -c creates an archive -x extracts files from the archive -d compares the archive with the existing filesystem -t tests the archive integrity -l lists the contents of the archive -C isolates the catalogue from an archive -+ merge two archives / create a sub archive -h displays this help information -V displays version information Common options: -v verbose output -q suppress final statistics report -vs display skipped files -R <path> filesystem root directory (current dir by default) -X <mask> files to exclude from the operation (none by default) -I <mask> files to include in the operation (all by default) -P <path> subdirectory to exclude from the operation -g <path> subdirectory to include in the operation -[ <filename> filename contains a list of files to include -] <path> filename contains a list of files to exclude -n don't overwrite files -w don't warn before overwriting files -wa don't warn before overwriting and removing files -b ring the terminal bell when user action is required -O[ignore-owner | mtime | inode-type] do not consider user and group ownership -H [N] ignore shift in dates of an exact number of hours -E <string> command to execute between slices -F <string> same as -E but for the archive of reference -u <mask> mask to ignore certain EA -U <mask> mask to allow certain EA -K <string> use <string> as key to encrypt/decrypt -J <string> same as -K but it does concern the archive of reference -# <integer> encryption block size -* <integer> same as -# but for archive of reference -B <filename> read options from given file -N do not read ~/.darrc nor /etc/darrc configuration file -e dry run, fake execution, nothing is produced -Q suppress the initial warning when not launched from a tty -aa do not try to preserve atime of file open for reading. -ac do not try to preserve ctime (default behavior). -am set ordered mode for all filters -an the masks that follow are now case insensitive -acase the masks that follow are now case sensitive -ar set the following masks to be regex expressions -ag set the following masks to be glob expressions Saving / Isolation / merging options (to use with -c, -C or -+): -A [path/]<basename> archive to take as reference -@ [path/]<basename> auxiliary archive of reference for merging -$ <string> encryption key for auxiliary archive -~ <string> command between slices of the auxiliary archive -z [[algo:]level] compress data in archive. -z = -z9 = -zgzip:9 Available algo: gzip,bzip2,lzo,xz. Exemples: -zlzo -zxz:5 -z1 -z -s <integer> split the archive in several files of size <integer> -S <integer> first file size (if different from following ones) -aSI slice size suffixes k, M, T, G, etc. are power of 10 -abinary slice size suffixes k, M, T, G, etc. are power of 2 -p pauses before writing to a new file -D excluded directories are stored as empty directories -Z <mask> do not compress the matching filenames -Y <mask> do only compress the matching filenames -m <number> do not compress file smaller than <number> --nodump do not backup, files having the nodump 'd' flag set -@ [path/]<basename> Do on-fly catalogue isolation of the resulting archive -M stay in the same filesystem while scanning directories -, ignore directories that follow the Directory Tagging Standard -/ <string> which way dar can overwrite files at archive merging or extraction time -^ <string> permission[:user[:group]] of created slices Restoring options (to use with -x) : -k do not remove files destroyed since the reference backup -r do not restore file older than those on filesystem -f do not restore directory structure Reading options (to use with -x, -d, -t, -l, -A) -i <named pipe> pipe to use instead of std input to read data from dar_slave -o <named pipe> pipe to use instead of std output to orders dar_slave Listing options (to use with -l): -T tree output format -as only list files saved in the archive Type "man dar" for more details and for all other available options.